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Planning for our children’s future

Geeta Bandi-Philips, World Vision UK's External Relations Manager reflects on the Post 2015 policy debates, and how World Vision can help shape the conversation to achieve the best future possible for the world's children.

Back to School in India

As children across the UK return to school this week, we reflect on the stories of sponsored children living in countries where something we take for granted is far from certain. World Vision believes that primary education is both a basic right of every child, and the surest way to help a poor community lift itself out of poverty. But in the world’s poorest areas, education is often overlooked.
certain. World Vision believes that primary education is both a basic right of every … education is often overlooked. Across the … her hope of completing her education. A few months after her

Children “May Never Recover” from Syrian Conflict

World Vision is urging world leaders not to forget the ongoing suffering of children caused by the Syrian conflict, as refugee numbers surpassed three million today.
we meet in our child protection and remedial education programs in Lebanon and Jordan show amazing

World Vision Welcomes the Announcement of the Gaza Ceasefire

World Vision calls for ceasefire to hold to address the urgent needs of children and to provide urgent aid delivery.
children are deprived of the basic right of education. Population has to cope with severe

Sponsorship Made My Life Better

Like many children in central Mozambique, Pedrito was born into a poor family and grew up in a mud hut covered by hay with his five brothers, mother and step-father. Thanks to sponsorship, he has been able to pursue his education, and is now in his second year of a technical mechanics course.

Girl Summit: Children Free From Fear of FGM and Early Marriage

Ahead of next week's Girl Summit our Child Rights Programme Advisor, Tracy Shields shares why she's raising not just her voice and our voice, but the voices of the children living in fear of FGM and early marriage.
from education to child protection.

Famine Looms as Cholera Strikes the Children of South Sudan

Our CEO, Justin, was in South Sudan last week to see first-hand the wide-ranging and life-threatening effects of the conflict that has raged across the country. In his blog he reflects on the impact of conflict on children who should never have to experience the fear in which they live.
education department or the support of her husband

Charity says UK can learn from success stories in Africa, following today’s launch of Parliamentary FGM report

World Vision UK welcomes today's parliamentary report “Female genital mutilation: the case for a national action plan”.
in a decade thanks to education and prosecution

Ride to the Rock: Ian’s Odyssey

Earlier this month, Ian rode 2,117 miles in 8 days with 8 fellow bikers from the UK to Gibraltar and back again to raise money for World Vision. Read his diaries from the trip and learn why he put u pwith the heat, the pain and the gorgeous views...
to help enable girls in Zimbabwe get an education. During a coffee … I suggest that education was a major contributory … enabling education for girls. I wonder what gems of

Youth Delegates: "Sexual Violence Should Not Be A Taboo Issue"

World Vision Youth Delegates Babra, Espe and Suad share their stories to help end sexual violence in conflict.
and to sensitise and prioritise sexual education and not to consider this issue as a taboo

"The Joy Of Sponsorship Is For All Of Us"

What does child sponsorship mean to the children and communities who benefit? 10-year-old Beatrice explains more eloquently than we ever could, along with her parents who help us realised that there is so much more to sponsorship than helping a single child: "Hunger and water-borne diseases are a think of the past [in our community]."
are helping her to grow up to succeed in her education and to love … I am able to support the education of other children because of the goats which

Urgent help needed for South Sudan to avert catastrophe

The dire conditions of hungry children in South Sudan will get unimaginably worse unless urgent measures are taken to reverse a rapidly deteriorating situation, a new report warns today. Governments meet in Oslo tomorrow to discuss pledging funds to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

Ethiopia, 1984: "We were all waiting for our deaths."

Ansha was just 10-years-old when the 1984 famine swept across her area. Now aged 40, she vividly describes her struggle to survive, her nightmares from her childhood and how World Vision has helped to transform her life to what it is today.
my education became my focus. World Vision saved our … support for vulnerable children to receive educational … important that they finish their education. Today I have farmland. Although my

6 Months On: Building-back-better with communities

Cebu City, Philippines – World Vision is helping rebuild 14,000 houses six months after super typhoon Haiyan wrought havoc and devastation to an estimated 16 million Filipinos in Central Visayas in the Philippines. As response work transitioned from emergency to recovery, assistance has reached out to over 713,000 people at 533 villages in 48 municipalities.
A memorandum of agreement with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

Organic Farming: A Lifeline Not A Luxury

This week we mark 6 months since the world's strongest recorded typhoon made landfall in the Philippines, Leoniza highlights some of the lesser-known impacts of disasters and talks to one family for whom organic farming is more than just a shelf in the supermarket: it's a lifeline.
education and livelihood in the provinces of

Azraq refugee camp opens amidst growing humanitarian needs of Syrian crisis

A new refugee camp has opened in Jordan, designed to provide 100,000 people with long-term care and shelter. Over the last year World Vision has worked alongside the United Nations and other aid agencies to develop a purpose built camp that can offer immediate, but also lasting, refuge.

What is life like on "the other side"?

A blog written by Chahak, a 9th grade student from Chennai and part of World Vision India's 'Youth Ambassador' programme. Youth Ambassadors are young people from more affluent backgrounds who are given the chance to understand more about the lives of those less fortunate than themselves. Chahak visited a project that works with the most vulnerable children in the community to help them gain access to education, improved sanitation and food security.